About

Mitchell Hamline School of Law, located in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a top law school for students seeking a practical legal education. Mitchell Hamline offers traditional full- and part-time programs as well as the only half on-campus/half online J.D. program at an ABA-approved law school.

Students who participate in Mitchell Hamline’s moot courts and competitions find additional opportunities to practice the skills they’ve learned and gain an understanding of how attorneys function within a particular area of law. Mitchell Hamline participates in various competitions, each featuring a distinct skill important to practicing lawyers. Each competition has its own focus, format, and eligibility standards.

Participants say…

“Moot court is a very important activity for students. In determining quality, employers look first to see if a student participated in Law Review and second Moot Court. So, it’s a very important piece of what makes a quality candidate for a job. It also instills wonderful confidence in the students. In a few short months they go from timid, careful oralists to really remarkable speakers. That part is very gratifying for me, an educator, to watch.”

—Kenneth Port, Mitchell Hamline professor

“Moot court competitions give students a chance to practice the written and oral skills they are learning in their law school classes. We hear over and over how the students are thrilled to argue in front of appellate-level judges who compliment them as having ‘some of the best’ oral argument techniques they have seen.”

“It was a highlight of my law school experience because I was there for a purpose which I was passionate about and deeply committed to learning about.”

–James Lund ’07, former Moot Court competitor

“With our third trip to nationals in four years, we heard people from several schools talk about how well the law school does in a number of these law school competitions.”

—Michael Gibbons ’99, Co-coach of Client Counseling Competition team

“The insights and practice we have had in speaking to clients has been valuable in developing active listening, determining relevant information, giving advice, giving the client reasonable expectations, dealing with confidentiality, explaining fees/retainer agreements, and the list goes on.”